Red roundup: Whittingham chimes in on Utes' identity, model

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham discussed the Utes' move to the Pac-12 with the "Victor and Matt" sports podcast in Tucson. In the interview, Whittingham noted: “We've got our own identity and model that we have followed and I don’t see that changing." Whittingham discussed various other topics as well, including BYU. The Utes open Pac-12 play Sept. 10 at USC.

— ESPN.com's Bill Williamson included former Ute Eric Weddle in his power rankings of NFL safeties.

— Utah's Chris Hill is one of five finalists for Sports Business Athletic Director of the Year.

— ESPN.com's Ted Miller lists the top returning "sackmen" in the Pac-12. No Utes made the list, but defensive end Joe Kruger is among the players to watch.

— And finally, the Coloradoan in Fort Collins reports on the recent departures from Colorado State's basketball program to Utah.

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Larry Scott is a genius. He and the PAC 10 presidents passed on BYU when they
expanded the conference. We have heard and read ad nausea from BYU fans how
this was a mistake and the PAC 12 would regret it because BYU has a bigger fan
base and would
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Dutchman

Murray, UT

CG,

You need to get up to speed with the latest contract updates from
Jon Wilner. He is reporting that Scott has exclusive rights over every PAC 12
game so that the conference can put it on the subsription only PAC 12 network.
FOX and
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